- Jan 2 "Mean" Gene Okerlund, American pro wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host (WWF, WCW), dies of kidney failure at 76
- Jan 2 Bob Einstein, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne), dies of leukemia at 76
- Jan 15 Carol Channing, American comic actress, and singer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Hello Dolly), dies at 97
- Jan 17 Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), dies at 88
- Jan 20 Muriel Pavlow, British actress (Murder, She Said, Reach for the Sky), dies at 97
- Jan 21 Kaye Ballard, American stage and screen actress, comedienne, and singer (Mothers-in-Law - "Kaye"), dies at 93
- Jan 21 Russell Baker, American columnist, author and humorist (NY Times), dies at 93
- Jan 23 Jonas Mekas, American avant garde filmmaker and film critic, dies at 96
- Jan 26 Michel Legrand, French composer, film score arranger and jazz musician (Summer of '42; "Windmills of Your Mind"), dies at 86
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